playact

As a youngster, Brian liked to playact with the toys he made.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2020

Or playact as a deranged old-timey vendor in the stands?

From Slate ● May 22, 2020

As the girls sit on the floor and playact a Sylvanian Families vignette, Maya asks Anna, “Can we, like, never not do this?”

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2019

Do today’s guests want a 19th-century stage set on which to playact high society?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2016

The obvious response is that they never let us do anything but playact with our guns.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins